Pen and pencil case



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. FREW, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO IVM. AND JOHN RICHARD- SON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PEN AND PENclL CASE.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 29,432, dated July 81, 1860.

.To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE E. FREW, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Pen and Pencil Oase; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is an external view of my invention in a closed state; Fig. 2, a longitudinal central section of same in an extended state.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- -sponding parts in the two gures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, Fig. l, represents a tubein which a pencil-slide B is tted and allowed to Work freely, the tube A being slotted longitudinally, as shown at a, to allow a pin b, which is attached to the pencil-slide B, to pass through. The outer end of the tube A is provided with a knob c, the use of which will be presently shown. The tube A is encompassed by a spirally-slotted tube O, through the spiral slot d of which the pin b of the pencil-slide projects. The tube C is allowed to turn freely on the tube A, and the inner or back end of tube O is provided with a disk e, to which an extension-tube D is attached by a screw or pin f, the latter having its outer end fitted in an internal longitudinal slot g in tube D, by which the tube D is allowed to slide back and forth and the tube O made to turn with D.

E is a tube which is fitted over the spirallyslotted tube O, and is provided with a longitudinal slot h, through which the pin t' of a pen-holder F projects into the spiral slot of the tube C. The tube E is encompassed by an external tube or case G, the front and back ends of which are attached to tube O. The extension-tube D slides over the tube or case G, and when the tube G is fully-inclosed by D the case is closed or reduced to its smallest limits. (See Fig. l.)

When it is desired to shove out the pencilslide B, the knob c is grasped by the linger and the tube D turned. The turning of the tube D of course causes the spirally-slotted tube O to rotate, they being connected, as previously described, and the pencil-slide is shoved out by the action of the spiral slot d on the pin b. In order to draw inward the pencil-slide, the direction of the movement of the tube D is reversed, the fingers holding the knob c to prevent the rotation of the tube A.

When it is desired to shove out the pen holder F, the tube D is turned and the tube G is held by the fingers. By this arrangement the tube E is held stationary and the tubes O A rotated. The pencil-slide B will therefore remain stationary, or will not be moved out from the case or tube E, but will turn with the tube O, while the spiral slot d will act against the pin i of the pen-holder and force the latter out from or draw it Within the case, according to the direction in which tube D is turned.

From the above description itwill be seen that a single spirally-slotted tube is only required to actuate both a pencil-slide and penholder, and that consequently but few parts are used, and a simple, efficient, and durable pen'and pencil obtained.

Having thus 'described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement, as herein shown and described, of the spirally-slotted tube O, pencilslide B upon the inside of tube O, and penholder tube E upon the outside of tube O, so that the same tube C and the same spiral slot will move both the pen and pencil in either direction, as required, all as set forth.

M. M. LIVINGSTON, B. GIROUX. 

